Cooking utensil



M. R. MURPHY.

COOKING UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.1919.

1,332,057. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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MATHILDE R. MURPHY, OF NORTH PLAINFIELI), NEW' JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO MARK GOLEIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COOKING UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed July 3, 1919. Serial No. 308,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1-,MATI-I1LDE R. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Plainlield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cooking utensils and more particularly to attachments there for in the nature of a shield to prevent flying grease from spattering on the person, walls, floor or other adjacent surfaces.

One of the principal objects in view is to provide a device of the class described which is of simple construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a shield for cooking utensils which comprises a plurality of sections removably secured to each other to render the same adjustable to varying sizes of utensils.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts more fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing the shield applied in position on a cooking utensil.

F ig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through the locking means.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, l0 designates a frying pan or any other utensil upon which the shield may be mounted. The shield 11 comprises a plurality of frusto conical sections 12 which are provided with upstanding annular flanges 13 which are slotted as at 14 for the reception of the lugs 15 upstruck from the 0pposite end of the sections 12. These sections 12 are removably secured to each other by means of the slots and lugs 14: and 15 whereby upon the addition of an added section, the required size may be obtained to fit varying sizes of utensils.

While I have shown and described a simple and preferred form of carrying the device into practice, I do not care to be limited to the exact details shown but desire to have it understood that such changes and alterations as fall within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

What is claimed as new is A device of the class described comprising a plurality of superposed frusto conical sections of varying diameters, each provided with an upstanding annular converging flange, slotted portions in said flanges and,

lugs upstruck from the sections and adapted to engage with the slotted portions of the next adjacent section.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature.

MATHILDE R. MURPHY. 

